|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BAE Systems Expeditionary Light Tank Air Deployable Vehicle
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Expeditionary Light Tank is an improved version of the M8 AGS (Armoured Gun System) designed and manufactured by the Company BAE Systems. Following an international competition, in mid-1992 the US Army selected the FMC Corporation, Ground Systems Division (now United Defense LP), to design and build its Armored Gun System (AGS) to replace the M551 Sheridan light reconnaissance vehicle uses mainly by U.S. airborne troops. This tank was presented for the first time to the public at AUSA (U.S. Army Association Annual Meeting and Exposition) which was held in Washington D.C. from 12 to 14 October 2015. The vehicle is proposed by BAE Systems to meet the US Army's requirement for a Mobile Protected Firepower capability, which would involve an expeditionary light tank that could be air-dropped or transported by C-130 military aircraft. The BAE Systems solution is based on the purpose-built M8 Armored Gun System, modernized with mature technologies from the CV90 family of infantry fighting vehicles and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The mission for this vehicle is to have the ability to be airdropped behind enemy lines and takes a position until the arrival of the main forces.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Variants: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Back to top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Back to top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||